12 Education TED Talks Not To Miss This Year

The founder of Fractus Learning, Nick Grantham is an Australian educator living and working in Dublin, Ireland. With a background in education, engineering and digital product development, Nick launched Fractus Learning to connect people with a shared passion for technology and how it can bring education to life.

With TED announcing the lineup for 2012 last week, we now get a glimpse into what ‘Ideas Worth Spreading’ are in store this year. With some of the brilliant education TED talks last year such as “Gaming to re-engage boys in learning” and “A next-generation digital book“, it is very exciting to see how many talks are focused on our childrens future.

As much as I recommend watching every TED talk (I guarantee you will take something from any talk you watch), here is our education short-list for the innovative teacher.

Jonathan Haidt – Social psychologist

Session 3: The Dinner PartyTues Feb 28, 20125:00 – 6:45

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Jonathan Haidt studies how — and why — we evolved to be moral. By understanding more about our moral roots, his hope is that we can learn to be civil and open-minded toward those whose morals don’t match ours, but who are equally good and moral people on their own terms.